RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — CBS 17 is digging deeper into the number of dogs deemed dangerous or potentially dangerous in the central North Carolina, following our report on a five-year-old child mauled by a German Shepherd last December .
After a series of information requests to multiple counties, we learned more about dangerous/potentially dangerous dog declarations.
In Wake County, in 2023 through November 4, 2024, there have been nine dogs deemed dangerous or potentially dangerous. The county also reports more than 1,100 dog/puppy bites from 2023 to November 1, 2024. However, this data does not include Cary, Raleigh, Garner or Holly Springs Animal Control designations.
“I was actually going to declare a dog dangerous [when] a dog ran out of nowhere and attacked me on that one,” Wake County Animal Control Supervisor Clarence Kinley said. “I was loading [another] dog on my vehicle and it bit me.”